#79CAF8#79CAF8

#79CAF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.103 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAF8
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 248)
HSL	hsl(202, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -12.44, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 32.71, 247.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0591 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.103 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9428, 53.0795, 96.6131)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAF8 #F8A779

analogous

#79F8E6 #79CAF8 #798BF8

triadic

#79CAF8 #F879CA #CAF879

tetradic

#79CAF8 #E679F8 #F8A779 #8BF879

square

#79CAF8 #E679F8 #F8A779 #8BF879

split-complementary

#79CAF8 #F8798B #F8E679

monochromatic

#0C9AEA #3FB3F5 #79CAF8 #B3E1FB #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#79CAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAF8

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAF8	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C8FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BBF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ED6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.103 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dafa',
    500: '#79caf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caf8;
$custom-light: #a7dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.732,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8044,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAF8

secondary

#D47641

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAF8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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